Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports

Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 09 Nov 2005 [PDF]
• II MEF MARINE DIES FROM IED ATTACK
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

• Coalition completing 'Steel Curtain' sweep in Husaybah Army News 09 Nov 2005 -- Operation Steel Curtain continued into its fifth day as Iraqi forces and U.S. Soldiers and Marines completed clearing operations to root out any remaining insurgents in Husaybah, near the Syrian border.
• Iraqi, Coalition forces gaining ground on Baghdad terrorists Army News 09 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi and Coalition forces detained terrorists and found more than 1,000 rounds of munitions and explosive-device components this past week in and around Baghdad.
• Coalition, Iraqi Forces Discover Multiple Weapons Caches AFPS 09 Nov 2005 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces have seized or destroyed several weapons caches around Iraq since Nov. 5, officials announced.
• Car Bombs Kill at Least 5 Near Mosque, Police Station AFPS 09 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi security forces and Task Force Baghdad soldiers responded to the scene of a terrorist attack today in Adhamiyah, Iraq, a district in northeastern Baghdad.
• Marine Killed in Iraq IED Attack; Terrorists Captured AFPS 09 Nov 2005 -- A Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), died Nov. 8 of wounds suffered when his vehicle was hit with an improvised explosive device near Camp Korean Village, Iraq, on Nov. 7.
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 09 Nov 2005 -- Officials at U.S. Central Command Air Forces released today's airpower summary.
• US, Iraqi Forces Clear Insurgents from Border Town VOA 09 Nov 2005 -- The U.S. military in Iraq says American and Iraqi forces have finished clearing operations in the western border town of Husaybah, which is believed to be a major entry point for foreign fighters and weapons.
• Weapons cache destroyed MNF-I 09 Nov 2005 -- At approximately 2:42 a.m. Nov. 9, coalition air forces conducted an air strike against an al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist weapons cache in the village of al Bu Hardan near al Qaim.
• Soldiers find large weapons cache during patrol MNF-I 09 Nov 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers found a large weapons cache during a patrol northwest of Baghdad Nov. 5.
• Clearing in Husaybah ends MNF-I 09 Nov 2005 -- Col. Stephen W. Davis, commanding officer of Regimental Combat Team - 2, announced the end of clearing operations in Husaybah Nov. 8.
• Safe house raided, two terrorists detained, one killed MNF-I 09 Nov 2005 -- Coalition Forces captured two terrorists and killed another during a raid on an Ansar al Sunna safe house in the village of Rashidiyah, near Mosul Nov. 9.
• Iraqi, U.S. forces nab terrorists during combat ops MNF-I 09 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi security forces and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers captured several terror suspects during combat operations in and around Baghdad Nov. 3-6.
• U.S. Says Western Iraqi Town Mostly Cleared Of Insurgents RFE/RL 09 Nov 2005 -- The U.S. military says most insurgents have been cleared out of a western Iraqi town near the Syrian border in an operation against militants in the region.
• Central-South troops seize weapons and ammunition MNF-I 09 Nov 2005 -- Multi-National Division Central-South units along with Iraqi security forces seized a weapons cache in Diwaniyah province Nov 9.
• Weapons cache seized MNF-I 09 Nov 2005 -- Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division partnered with the U.S. Marines from Regimental Combat Team - 8, discovered a weapons cache and detained six terrorists during cordon and search operations in northeast Fallujah early Nov. 9.
• Multiple weapons caches discovered MNF-I 09 Nov 2005 -- Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers found and disposed of five separate caches of weapons Nov. 8 - four of which were near Logistics Support Area Anaconda and a fifth near Kirkuk.
• Ramadi terrorist leader captured MNF-I 09 Nov 2005 -- Second Brigade Combat Team Soldiers from Task Force 2-69 Armor captured a high-level terrorist leader while conducting combat patrols in eastern Ramadi, early Nov. 5.

Deployments

US Policy

• Republicans Continue to Exchange Words Over Question of Pre-War Intelligence VOA 09 Nov 2005 -- The origins of the war in Iraq were debated Wednesday by a key congressional panel as Democrats and Republicans continue to exchange words over the question of pre-war intelligence.
• Congress Debates Iraq Pre-War Intelligence, Prisoner Treatment VOA 09 Nov 2005 -- Questions about the issue of intelligence used to justify the war in Iraq remain in the spotlight in Capitol Hill.

United Nations

• At Iraq's request, Security Council transfers funds to nuclear watchdog agency UN News Centre 09 Nov 2005 -- Responding to a request from the Baghdad Government, the Security Council today transferred more than $2 million of residual Oil-for-Food funds earmarked for the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), settling Iraq's outstanding arrears with the Agency.
• United Nations Extends Multinational Force in Iraq for One Year Washington File 09 Nov 2005 -- The Security Council November 8 unanimously agreed to extend the mandate of the U.S.-led multinational force (MNF) in Iraq for one year.

Reconstruction Issues

Foreign Reactions

• IRAQ: Extension of US-led military mandate draws mixed reactions IRIN 09 Nov 2005 -- A unanimous decision this week by the United Nations Security Council to extend the mandate of the US-led multinational force in Iraq received a mixed reaction in the country.

News Reports

• Chalabi Denies Passing Faulty Pre-War Information on Iraq VOA 09 Nov 2005 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Wednesday with Iraq's controversial Deputy Prime Minister.

• Saddam's Lawyers to Boycott Hearing Over Security Fears VOA 09 Nov 2005 -- The lead lawyer for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants says the defense team will not appear for the next court session because of security concerns.
• Brother Of Iraqi Parliamentary Leader Abducted RFE/RL 09 Nov 2005 -- Police said today that gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped the brother of one of Iraq's leading Sunni Arab politicians, parliamentary speaker Hajim al-Hassani, in an incident yesterday in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
• Iraq: Assassination Of Another Lawyer In Hussein Case Throws Trial Into Question RFE/RL 09 Nov 2005 -- Gunmen have ambushed two of the defense lawyers taking part in the trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and top members of his regime.